Joseph and Matthew Payton Philanthropic Studies Library

APPENDIX

Subject descriptors were derived from Library of Congress Subject Headings. The purpose is not to limit the collection to a specific set of headings and descriptors but to describe the body of literature that is encompassed by philanthropic studies.

Behaviors and attributes associated with individuals involved in voluntary work: Subjects including, but not limited to:

Altruism

Art patronage

Benevolence

Caring

Caring in children

Charitable bequests

Charitable giving

Collective behavior

Communal living

Communalism

Duty

Empathy

Environmentalism

Generosity

Helping behavior

Helping behavior in children

Helping behavior in old age

Humanitarianism

Kindness

Philanthropy

Responsibility

Self-interest

Social action

Social ethics

Sympathy

Trust (Psychology)

Virtue

Voluntarism

Wealth

Wealth, Ethics of (former heading)

Individuals as the beneficiaries of charitable, nonprofit activity: (focus should be the interaction of nonprofits or the role of philanthropy in serving individuals): Subjects including, but not limited to:

Beggars

Homeless aged

Homeless children

Homeless persons

Homeless students

Homeless veterans

Homeless women

Homeless youth

Medically uninsured persons

Orphans

Poor

Poor aged

Poor children

Poor women

Rogues and vagabonds

Rural poor

Tramps

Transients, Relief of

Urban poor

Women tramps

Young women-Charities, protection, etc.

Behaviors and attributes associated with individualsas the beneficiaries of charitable, nonprofit activity: (focus should be the interaction of nonprofits or the role of philanthropy as mediators): Subjects including, but not limited to:

Begging

Crime

Gleaning

Gratitude

Homelessness

Hunger

Poverty

Social exclusion [non LC]

Literature and art (primary and interpretive works): reflecting the themes of:Subjects including, but not limited to:

Abolitionists in literature

Altruism in literature

Beggars in literature / art

Benevolence in literature

Charity in literature / art

Christian life in literature

Church and social problems in literature

Community life in literature

Conduct of life in literature

Generosity in art

Generosity in literature

Human rights in art

Human rights in literature

Humanitarianism in literature

Institutional care in literature

Neighborhood in literature

Orphans in literature

Peace movements in literature

Poverty in art / literature

Poverty in the Bible

Poverty literature

Rural poor in art / literature

Social justice in literature

Social service in literature

Virtue in literature

Almshouses in art

Gifts in literature

Hunger in art / literature

Social values in literature

Institutional church as a nonprofit organization: Subjects including, but not limited to: